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Originally Posted by wolfgang  The present moment is where everything is. You are not ever out of the present moment. You don't have to "consider living in the present moment", because that is actually where you live. Even thoughts of the past and future are in the present moment. If you try to find the past, how are you finding it? Only in your present moment thoughts. |
It's just terminology.
What you describe as 'the present moment' I would prefer to call 'the eternal now' or 'eternity'.
For me, the present moment is that point in time which we perceive to be as now, but which immediately gives way to the next moment, in this time/space continuum.
I know in meditation that I am living in the eternal now, where all past, present and future are one. But when I come out of meditation, I am back in the world of ego/body/mind.
If I desire to manifest a million dollars, I don't think it is created anywhere, apart from being a concept or image in my mind. It must be so. If I was in meditation, and tuned into the eternal now, there would be no need for me to create or manifest anything, because in that state I am complete and perfect and have no desire for anything.
So, desiring anything material or which may be classed as a possession, for me, is an ego/mind/body flaw and limitation and is thus an obstacle to spiritual progress.